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Ringtails, State Mammal of Arizona
Hackberries and persimmons appeal to ringtails and ... -- ;-D -- to me!
The ringtail diet of moistly edible berries and fruits and of clean, clear water can be so easily configured into our diets, can't they?
Hackberry and persimmon fruits ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
Tovah Martin’s The Indestructible Houseplant: 200 Everyone Can Grow
More and more houseplants from the Martin pages beautify the interior downstairs, ground floor and -- when the attic door is open ;-D -- upstairs even as the front porch, the garage and the house sides console themselves with the natural ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
The Reforestation of Skiddaw
True. But Shakespeare took his Geography lightly.
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
The Reforestation of Skiddaw
Celtic cultures dominated Britain from Cornwall to 5he Scottish Highlands, so Wales did not stretch, it merely shrank from the East. Francis
Pryor, anarchaeologist, says that the East and West sides of Britain were at odds,but eastern Britain ...
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
Book Review: The Illustrated Theory of Everything by Stephen W. Hawking
String theory invites introspection and investigation, particularly with some unusual configurations of our universe, doesn't it?
Dr. Hawking is one of my first two choices, tied for first place, for any astrophysics-illuminating publications ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
The whole convent has a role in managing the flame, asth3re isstrength in numbers.
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
It was all sad. My father hated the war and was glad to get out of it.
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
Who were the Magi?
The custom is for ornaments, such as trees and lights to go up in lateDecember and go down on the sixth of January.
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
The Mystery of the Tregaron Neanderthals
That is the reason for incomplete histories. You have got to the centre of the problem
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
Who were the Magi?
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to your previous observation and question.
Speaking of the Magi -- ;-D -- a somewhat relevant, somewhat irrelevant question comes to mind.
The 20th century had some lovely traditions, such as ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
He is doing well. Thanks. The pay and conditions are identical
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
That's quite interesting about concomitant distinctions between, but movement back and forth among, civil and crown service.
Might they have the same benefits ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
The Mystery of the Tregaron Neanderthals
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It's heartening that Celtic saints are remembered even as it's disheartening that that memory is so incomplete.
Might these incomplete histories and stories ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
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The third paragraph to the first subheading, The young trooper, advises us that "But one incident had a lasting effect. Early in the siege the Allies became ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
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That's such good news. How glorious it is indeed!
Might it be known how that sacred flame musters continuously, because managed by one or two or more nuns?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/03/2025